Cheapest€16.29
- Sri Lanka Railway SL439806:251h 2m07:27Puttalam railway stationHendala station
Door to door 1h 46mCO2 4.4 kgChanges 0Refundable
Puttalam to Hendala train
Trains from Puttalam to Hendala start at €21.24 and take 1h 46m at their fastest.
The Trains from Puttalam to Hendala starts at €21.24 and takes 1h 46m door to door, run by 1 operator over 134 km, with around 1 departure a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.
- 1h 46mDoor to door
- 1h 2mMoving
- €21.24From
- 4.4 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Rail operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka Railway | €16.29 | 1h 45m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power outlets, Wi-Fi |
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When to book Puttalam to Hendala
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €26.7490 days
- €16.8460 days
- €15.1945 days
- €19.5930 days
- €19.5921 days
- €21.2414 days
- €26.747 days
- €23.443 days
- €49.291 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €15.19.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 224 percent. The most expensive point is €49.29, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €26.19Sun
- €21.24Mon
- €21.24Tue
- €22.34Wed
- €31.69Thu
- €21.24Fri
- €26.19Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Puttalam
Rail
- Puttalam railway station
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 134 km against 116 km in a straight line, a detour of 16 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Puttalam at 06:25 and the last at 06:25, across 1 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Puttalam to Hendala
The questions people actually ask about this trip, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does the Train from Puttalam to Hendala take?
The Train from Puttalam to Hendala takes 1h 46m door to door, of which 1h 2m is spent moving. The route runs 134 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Train from Puttalam to Hendala cost?
The Train from Puttalam to Hendala starts at €21.24 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €16.29. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Train from Puttalam to Hendala?
1 operators run the Train from Puttalam to Hendala: Sri Lanka Railway. Between them they file around 1 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Train from Puttalam to Hendala use?
The Train from Puttalam to Hendala leaves from Puttalam railway station and arrives at Hendala station. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
When should I book the Train from Puttalam to Hendala?
Fares for the Train from Puttalam to Hendala bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €15.19. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 224 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Puttalam to Hendala produce?
The Train from Puttalam to Hendala produces about 4.4 kg of CO2 per passenger over 134 km, which works out at roughly 33 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Train from Puttalam to Hendala?
Operators on the Train from Puttalam to Hendala publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 1h 46m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Puttalam to Hendala on September 11, 2026: 134 km of route against 116 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €21.24, and 1h 46m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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